The Wetaskiwin Icemen are headed in the right direction following a three-game set last week.

In a game that had to be rescheduled due to bad weather earlier this season, the Icemen hosted the Strathcona Bruins Dec. 4 in a Tuesday night game and walked away with a 15-2 win.

The Icemen opened the scoring in the first period with three goals and never looked back.

Although the Bruins were able to get a powerplay goal in the first, they were shut down in the second with the Icemen scoring six in the second. A change in goaltending for Strathcona didn’t help in the third with the Bruins scoring once after the Icemen scored five and a final goal with 11 seconds left in the game ended the routing.

On Friday, the team was at home for a game against the Sherwood Park Knights and again, notched a pair of points in a 5-3 win.

Reid Pankewicz opened the scoring in the dying minutes of the first period but the Sherwood Park Knights came back with their own goal in the second. The Icemen’s Jordan Gagnon pushed the team ahead on a powerplay goal but the Knights tied it up heading into the final period.

In the third period, Cody Milgate pushed the Icemen into the lead and while the Knights pushed back, Icemen Kade Garritty and Tyson Gruninger sealed the game.

On the road, Sunday, however, the team was in for a tough battle against the Edmonton Royals, losing 3-2 in an overtime shootout.

The first period was a battle with no one drawing first blood until the second when Tyson Gruninger got one past the Edmonton netminder but the Royals came back with two of their own.

Gruninger tied the game in the dying seconds of the third period to send it to overtime and a shootout with the Royals coming out ahead.

“We had a good three games,” said head coach and general manager Rob Hartnell. “I think we’re trending in the right direction with us getting five of a possible six points.

After a series of losses, Hartnell said they’ve made some minor changes that seem to be working and he’s confident they’ll earn more points heading into the Christmas break.

“We’re trending in the right direction,” he said.

The Icemen are on the road Friday for a game against Fort Saskatchewan and meet the Bruins again in an afternoon game Sunday afternoon.